Philadelphia Department of Prisons

If you have completed high school or a GED program and are at least age 20, you can apply today to start your career as a Correctional Officer with the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. City residency requirement waived! This position is now open to applicants living outside of the City of Philadelphia and/or Pennsylvania.   New hires start with 10½ weeks of paid training at a starting salary of $50,531. Upon graduation from the training academy, the salary increases to $61,901 with potential to reach up to $73,361 based on a 12-hour shift, and even higher through voluntary overtime.   HIRING BONUS: $10,000! New employees are eligible for hiring bonus of 20% of starting salary – 10% upon graduation from academy and 10% after 12 months of satisfactory employment. That’s over $10,000! Employees must meet all criteria to be eligible for the bonus.   Make an impact on our community and serve to provide safe, lawful and humane correctional facilities as a Correctional Officer. The City offers room for advancement and competitive health benefits.   DUTIES: This is general duty correctional work maintaining security and discipline in a City correctional institution or police detention facility on an assigned shift. Work includes responsibility for guarding inmates at a work location, in cell blocks, transporting them from institutions to and from courts and between institutions, and in the performance of general laboring tasks as required. Work is performed under the close supervision of higher level correctional or police personnel. Work involves regular exposure to unpredictable conditions and occasionally requires the expenditure of physical effort in the restraining and subduing of prisoners.